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Details
Inventors: Sarraf, Raymond E.; Zaharris, Daniel R.;
Assignee: MiniScribe Corporation (Longmont, CO)
Primary Examiner: Richardson; Robert L.
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Curtis, Morris & Safford

A disk drive system has a closed loop servo control system which is specially tuned for optimal deceleration during performance of a track access operation. The servo control system is returned in response to a track jump signal to perform a track jump operation at a lesser deceleration and thereby reduce low frequency acoustic noise produced by physical vibrations of the disk drive system. The returning of the servo control system is advantageously achieved by reducing the gain-bandwidth product of the closed loop within the servo control system.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION What is claimed is: 1.
A disk drive system for recording and/or reproducing data on a disk in a plurality of substantially circular, concentric tracks, said system comprising: head means for recording and/or reproducing said data in said tracks; actuator means for positioning said head means at a desired one of said tracks; a mechanical mounting structure for mounting at least said actuator means; controller means for generating a selected one of a track access signal and a track jump signal; closed loop servo control means having predetermined operating parameters for controlling said actuator means to respond to said track access signal to perform a track access operation in which said head means is moved across a relatively large number of said tracks to reach said desired track and to respond to said track jump signal to perform a track jump operation in which said head means is moved across a relatively small number of said tracks to reach said desired track; and means for modifying the operating parameters of said servo control means in response to said track jump signal.
2.
A disk drive system according to claim 1; wherein said servo control means exhibits gain and bandwidth and said means for modifying includes means for reducing a gain-bandwidth product of said servo control means in response to said track jump signal.
3.
A disk drive system according to claim 2; wherein said servo control means includes a feed forward input for supplying a feed forward signal to said actuator means and said reducing means includes switch means for removing said feed forward signal from said actuator means in response to said track jump signal.
4.
A disk drive system according to claim 2; wherein said servo control means includes a closed loop, a gain-bandwidth reducing circuit, and switch means for connecting said gain-bandwidth reducing circuit in said closed loop in response to said track jump signal.
5.
A disk drive system according to claim 4; wherein said closed loop includes a parallel combination of a first parallel connection of an operational amplifier and a first resistor and said gain-bandwidth reducing circuit includes a second parallel connection of a capacitor and a second resistor, and said switch means connects said second parallel connection in parallel with said first parallel connection in response to said track jump signal



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